The roots of all goodness lie in the soil of appreciation for goodness.

If your compassion does not include yourself, it is incomplete.

The way we look at the world is the way the world looks.

Meditation is the road to happiness.

The grass is greener where you water it.

Silence is sometimes the best answer.

All experiences are preceded by mind, having mind as their master, created by mind.

Meditation is like a gym in which you develop the powerful mental muscles of calm and insight.

When we know the truth, we become people who don't have to think much, we become people with wisdom.

Happiness is found in the simplest of things. It is not in the things you own, but in the love you share.

You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection.

Should a person do good, let him do it again and again. Let him find pleasure therein, for blissful is the accumulation of good.

The dharma is not about collecting more beliefs but about becoming free from the power of belief itself.

When you look deeply into your anger, you will see that the person you call your enemy is also suffering. As soon as you see that, the capacity for accepting and having compassion for them is there.

The view is like a lion - it cannot be led around by anything else. Meditation is like an eagle - it cannot be distracted by anything else. Action is like a madman - it is free from accepting and rejecting.

If you let go a little, you will have a little peace. If you let go a lot, you will have a lot of peace. If you let go completely, you will have complete peace.

Kindness is the solution to all of life's problems.

Craving and aversion are the roots of suffering. Observe them with equanimity.

Meditation is not an escape from reality but a way to understand reality as it truly is.

The ultimate source of a happy life is warm-heartedness. This means extending to others the kind of concern we have for ourselves.

Everybody has the light of Buddha within, but they don't look for it.

We can never obtain peace in the outer world until we make peace with ourselves.

The practice of metta begins with oneself, for only when we have developed loving-kindness towards ourselves can we truly offer it to others.

The true person is not anyone in particular. But like the deep blue color of the limitless sky, it is everyone, everywhere in the world.

The nature of everything is illusory and ephemeral, those with dualistic perception regard suffering as happiness, like they who lick the honey from a razor's edge.

The mind that sees its own nature becomes free from all extremes.

Concentration develops naturally through continuous noting. Don't try to force concentration to arise.

Meditation is not about getting rid of thoughts; it's about changing the way we relate to them.

The path of practice moves from faith through understanding to direct realization.

Every thought, every word, and every action leaves an imprint on our mind.

If we learn to open our hearts, anyone, including the people who drive us crazy, can be our teacher.

Ardently do today what must be done. Who knows? Tomorrow, death comes.

If you want to know your past life, look into your present condition; if you want to know your future life, look into your present actions.